Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible.
Ethiopia: , C. 18th Century.
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RARE HANDWRITTEN ETHIOPIAN COPTIC GE’EZ BIBLE ILLUMINATED WITH SEVERAL FULL-PAGE MINIATURE PAINTINGS
Rare illustrated Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible. Octavo, bound in full leather with elaborate tooling stamped in blind to the front and rear panels, parchment manuscript in black and red ink, with full-page hand-painted miniatures depicting Saint George slaying the dragon, the Madonna and child flanked by two cherubs, Jesus with Mary and Joseph, the Annunciation, the birth of Jesus, the journey to Bethlehem, the Baptism of Christ, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, and a double-page spread featuring the twelve apostles. Some writings and aged hand-stitched repairs throughout.
Ethiopian Handwritten Coptic Ge’ez Bibles were produced as early as the fourteenth century until the late 19th century throughout Ethiopia, the first country to become an independent African nation. Christianity was introduced to Ethiopia in the 4th century when Syrian missionaries first translated the Bible into Ge’ez, the language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The surviving body of Ge’ez literature in composed almost entirely of Christian liturgy, as education was exclusively the responsibility of priests and monks. The bibles produced typically contain the gospels of the New Testament, recounting the life of Jesus of Nazareth and the foundation of the Christian faith with illuminated miniature paintings depicting the lives of the Saints.
Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible.
$4,200.00
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